judgement; taste; foretaste; immediacy; aesthetics; Kant; Hume

The article examines the problem of the immediacy of taste in the philosophy of the 18th century and in particular in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. In modern aesthetics, it is taken for granted tha...

Karl Jaspers; René Magritte; the Encompassing; the Mystery; Ciphers; Disturbing Objects

The article examines the philosophical programs of Karl Jaspers and René Magritte, approached as two convergent series. Both belong to that sphere of European rationalism which emphasizes the non-auto...

modal tolerance; Chisholm’s paradox; transworld identity; haecceitism; hyper-essentialism;...

The text outlines the structure and the main strategies for solving the problem of modal variation. The reasons for the inadequacy of the options of rejecting the premises of modal tolerance and the n...

vulnerability as dependence; vulnerable groups; additional duties & additional rights

The present paper has two main aims: First, to stress an aspect of the capabilities approach, which places the vulnerability of certain groups of people at the center of its considerations; second, to...

well-being; volunteering; ethics; meaning; altruism

This article explores the philosophical interrelation between wellbeing (individual and societal) and volunteering. It argues that volunteering is not merely an altruistic act but also an essential co...